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21 judges make details of assets public as part of SC’s transparency push. Flats, FDs to gold & shares

Declaration is part of a resolution unanimously approved by all the sitting SC judges following a row after the alleged discovery of cash at residence of judge Yashwant Varma.

Amid Yashwant Varma controversy, Supreme Court judges resolve to make their assets public

Move a departure from current practice under which judges make disclosure of assets to Chief Justice of India, and may volunteer to make them public.

SC collegium to transfer Justice Yashwant Varma after ‘cash found’ at his home, stricter action likely

Cash was reported to have been found at Justice Yashwant Varma's official bungalow by team of police & firefighters after a fire broke out there. Judge to be sent back to Allahabad HC.

Supreme Court’s ‘summer vacation’ renamed ‘partial working days’ amid criticism over breaks

New Delhi: Amid ongoing debate about courts taking a long “summer vacation”, the Supreme Court has replaced the term with “partial court working days”...

More women judges a constitutional imperative for better justice, says Justice Nagarathna

The Supreme Court judge, who will become India’s first woman Chief Justice in 2027, delivered the Justice Sunanda Bhandare memorial lecture Friday.

Chief justices use their ‘master of roster’ powers to ‘influence outcomes’ of key cases, says new book

Professors from NLSIU, Seattle University School of Law & University of Chicago Law School say in cases they studied, chief justices assigned 88% Constitution bench cases to themselves.

100 seconds to a decision — trust in senior advocates replaces hard facts, legal details

In ‘Court on Trial’, Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry & William HJ Hubbard analyses the Supreme Court using original empirical data and provide suggestions to improve its efficiency.

After ‘anti-minority’ remark row, SC to hear plea against lawyer Gowri’s elevation to Madras HC

'Certain material' about advocate came to light only after her name was proposed to govt, says CJI. A section of lawyers claim her appointment will undermine judiciary's independence.

Meet Supreme Court’s 5 new judges, elevated amid Modi govt-collegium standoff

Resolution to elevate the 5 was sent in December, govt cleared appointments last week. With the new inductions, SC would now have 32 out of sanctioned strength of 34 judges.

Staff, round-the-clock security for 1 year post retirement — what new rules for SC judges say

New SC Judges Rules also entitle CJIs to rent-free govt accommodation for six months after retirement. Sources say SC sought these benefits for lifetime, but this was not accepted.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.